Creston native selected as ‘Rising Star’ for major law firm

The law firm of Berkowitz Cook Gondring Driskell & Drobeck announces the selection of Erica A. Driskell as a 2019 Missouri and Kansas Rising Star. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. While up to 5% of the lawyers in a state are named to Super Lawyers, n o more than 2.5% are named to Rising Stars. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Erica practices exclusively family law in Kansas City, Missouri, servicing counties in both Missouri and Kansas.

Erica graduated from Creston in 1998 and attended the University of Iowa as an undergraduate where she majored in journalism and political science. Erica received her bachelor of arts in 2002.

After graduation, Erica spent a year serving with AmeriCorps VISTA before enrolling at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Erica earned her Juris Doctorate in 2006. In addition to practicing family law, Erica also teaches a family law course as an adjunct professor at her law school alma mater. Erica has a husband, Dae, two children Brig and Nile.